Character
| HSK | 3 |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 426th character |
| RADICAL | ⼢ (35.6) |
| STROKES | 9 |
| INDEX # | 1553 |
| TRADITIONAL | 覆 , 複 , 復 |
return; repeat; repeatedly
HSK 3
#426
DEFINITIONS
- return
- repeat
- repeatedly
- to go and return
- to return
- to resume
- to return to a normal or original state
- to repeat
- again
- to recover
- to restore
- to turn over
- to reply
- to answer
- to reply to a letter
- to retaliate
- to carry out
- to double
- to overlap
- complex (not simple)
- compound
- composite
- double
- diplo-
- duplicate
- overlapping
- to duplicate
- variant of 復|复[fu4]
- to cover
- to overflow
- to overturn
- to capsize
STROKES
WORDS
| 复古 fù gǔ | to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration); to turn back the clock; neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文; retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) |
| 复印机 fù yìn jī | photocopier |
| 复出 fù chū | to come back out of retirement; to get involved again after having withdrawn |
| 文艺复兴 wén yì fù xīng | the Renaissance |
| 来复枪 lái fù qiāng | rifle (loanword); also written 來福槍|来福枪 |
| 不复 bù fù | no longer; no more |
| 复查 fù chá | rechecking; re-inspection; reexamination |
| 一去不复返 yī qù bù fù fǎn | gone forever |
| 年复一年 nián fù yī nián | over the years; year after year |
| 反复无常 fǎn fù wú cháng | unstable; erratic; changeable; fickle |
| 复赛 fù sài | (sports) semifinal or quarterfinal; to compete in a semifinal (or a quarterfinal) |
| 复述 fù shù | to repeat (one's own words or sb else's); (in the classroom) to paraphrase what one has learned; variant of 複述|复述[fu4 shu4] |
| 反反复复 fǎn fǎn fù fù | repeatedly; time and time again |
| 平复 píng fù | to pacify; to calm down; to be cured; to be healed |
| 复数 fù shù | plural; complex number (math.) |
| 复本 fù běn | copy |
| 错综复杂 cuò zōng fù zá | tangled and complicated (idiom) |
| 复位 fù wèi | to restore sb or sth to its original position; to regain the throne; to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc); reset |
| 复健 fù jiàn | rehabilitation; recuperate |
| 复诊 fù zhěn | another visit to doctor; further diagnosis |
| 复员 fù yuán | to demobilize; demobilization |
| 复杂化 fù zá huà | to complicate; to become complicated |
| 复杂性 fù zá xìng | complexity |
| 复婚 fù hūn | to remarry (the same person) |
| 恢复期 huī fù qī | convalescence |